I ask you to ask you something about me s first question.

How to play with Baldwin.

Second question while I'm love from you.

Thank you both on this show offs.

Mavs Hornets Luca alone dunk.

It wants a dunk, but But he just lays it in rum.

Why?

Why?

Why deny us?

Well, you gotta understand.

He's trying to reserve his energy.

No services for M v p man.

He can't just show off every night.

He can't show off.

Man, you can't uncontested layup.

Come on, man.

Because you know what?

In the postseason, somebody's gonna track that down and block it.

Look, landing you a little disappointed.

They wanted to win meal.

Yeah, but you know that Rick Carlisle is that they're going.

That's very sensible.

Yeah, Yeah, that that's what.

Yeah, that's what all the coaches want.

The That's what Larry Brown.

That's what Larry Brown was.

I respect him because look at the school.

You don't want to show out that's not tricked into school.

That's telling a resourcefulness.

Next.

Next check.

Geo za.

Uh, so we found a comp Richard.

Oh, yes.

With Jason Kidd just by Jake 1003.

Speaking of Lucious Harris, there's my guy.

You wouldn't get that past.

Which was the better net net combo pass at Madison.

Well, let me say this.

The past was better by Jason Kidd.

The player that caught the pass was better.

I mean, Kevin during a national television show.

To say that just said, Who is the better player?

The better Know better.

See that That's a great buy.

Chose because look at that.

That's That's nice.

Yeah, way Jason Kidd would hook you up every day.

Yeah, let's put this way.

Yeah, he's got the second most assistant NBA history and the most to me career.

Jefferson history.

Gotta have it.

Tell my kids Miscommunication, bucks, Pistons Honest.

Gets it on the wing.

Oh, why would you just opens up?

Um, I believe that would qualify as a defensive breakdown.

Robert, That's supposed to rising.

Guys like that's James Harden.

I mean, that's defense that nobody wants to play.

Just trying to get on the other end, shoot some threes right there.

You gotta pay some type of deal, but let's not talk.

I want to get Let's not talk about those four.

Let's talk about Blake!

Blake, What are you doing?

Running Yanis off the line.

No stock.

Come on.

He took off.

He took off.

Where?

He was about to shoot.

From what?

Come on.

All right, E o Blake.

Can't look at the other four.

Guys like me.

Oh, I'm out and I'm yelling it Everybody, everybody pop have done what we owe.

Take elevation Airplane mode Activated.

Derrick Jones Jr.

Getting up for two huge slams against the Kings.

Richard, you see the bouncy ist player in the league?

I look when you win dunk contest and your nickname is airplane mode.

Look, he's looking down in the rim.

Yeah, I would say he's up there.

I don't wanna give him number one, but he's definitely top two.

He ain't talking.

He's top three.

I'll give him top three.

He's top two and he ain't number two.

Let's just say that contest contest is probably.

Hey, I still got hot shot on my guy Aaron controversy.

A controversial dunk contest.

So you know they're Ugo.

Exactly that top court to alright guys.

Lakers ending up beating the Thunder by 29 points.

Let's have a little chat about that.

Six.

Lakers scoring double digits.

Now, After the game, LeBron asked about the harden and nets trade.

And here is what he said.

I don't really have too much of a reaction.

Um, and obviously, tracing things happen every year.

And, you know, for me my main focus on what we do here, how we continue to get better.

Um, that was the case today.

You know?

No trace happened today, and I couldn't allow myself to kind of indulge in that, knowing that we had a team that we had to play tonight.

So my focus today was on the thunder.

Well, LeBron doesn't wanna look ahead, but we sure as hell dio Richard, which team is better on paper?

On paper, obviously.

The Nets with the Lakers.

Oh, the Lakers.

You don't disrespect the champion.

The Lakers are the best team in the MBA.

They were last year, and they are this year.

That team on the right has a lot of work to do.

As far as building the chemistry to get to a championship is never just said on paper.

I know on paper, but we can't even just paper on the floor Lakers by far.

Because if you look at that team.

LeBron is gonna have an off night to play defense.

That's gonna make him that much better if those are the lineup.

So there's no way the Nets can even contend with the Lakers their benches, not their their starters.

Not they're not taking away from the three Big three.

But if you look at that Lakers squad, what makes the skin?

They got a skill set.

Okay?

With the dishes, they just and real quick.

Let's talk about the Nets.

If the Nets, if Kyrie comes back 100% healthy, James Harden gets in championship condition, right?

Everything starts rolling for the Nets.

They are a huge problem now.

There's a lot more.

If the Lakers already are a problem, they are the champion.

They are the team that's favored to win the championship.

So when you look at which team has more work to do to get to peek championship form, it's the Nets.

And so you know, even on paper, I think there's a lot more for the Nets.

But, boy, I love.

I love that roster right now.

I like what they have.

I like the stars.

It makes it fun to watch basketball Really a roster yet?

So it's a roster.

It's a rusty.

If it's a team, got base paper, they still it's still have paper cap room.

Thio, bring in some of you, whoever.

No, not me right here.

I'm sorry, people not follow up on your LeBron defensive point and sort of the larger point we've been talking about about defense.

On the Net side, I'm looking at our ESPN stats and Info group, and they're saying that LeBron James allowed opponents to shoot just 30% when he's the contesting defender, which is by far the best in the MBA so far this season.

So if you are looking at sort of was LeBron's defense gonna drop back off a little bit this season after he made such a concerted effort last year?

Is he setting the same tone in the regular season now, after such a short off season?

Numerically, the answer so far is yes, so we'll have to see the hypothetical finals between those two teams.

Numerically, he wasn't Garden K D, James Harden and Kyrie on one possession.

That's why it has K c p a d.

Tell of the guys i E.

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